I removed the bits about the other Ones because I hated it. I almost removed the rebuilding Zion, but it still works. This is the first and only time this has happened. The Matrix up until now has just been building towards it. No one says it's happened before, it's the deal the machine are offering them for survival of human kind. It's the remainder of the equation, another form of control. The Machines planned for it from the start. It deflates the whole prophesy. You're reading what you remember into the dialog. Don't forget Zion is absolutely swarming, the machines would never accept that. It's such a hard to accept offer to start with, Trinity's life just pushes the balance way over into the "go to hell" category.
You had me going for a minute, I had to double check: at 1 hr 20 minutes or so, Neo does ask Trinity to stay out of the Matrix...
I really wanted to cut the programs misbehaving, it seem so cheesy listening to it again. The problem is the convoluted conversation finishes with "the source, where the path of the one must end." Without that you can't explain the point of the films.
Cutting it meant no explanation for the Merovingian and his superskilled freaks too. I agonized over it and tried some permutations of an edit there, but I couldn't get the Oracle to talk sense without it. It was a trade-off. Just cover your ears and hum when she mentions aliens.
Orgasmic dessert. I always thought it was one of the Merovingian's few redeeming scenes. Sexy and fun. It also fills the plot in between him going to the bathroom and Persephone being pissed at him for cheating on her.
I agree about the removing the bullet thing, but hey... it DID kill her. She coughed up blood right afterwards and died.
Just cause he's the One doesn't mean he knows medicine.The sync problem is the variable frame rates. It's fine on the DVD. I used AutoGK for the encoding, only because I manually did it with VirtualDubMod and Razorlame several times (not knowing the framerate to be the problem). I finally gave up hoping an automated program might be more successful. I personally would have been happier with better quality on the Xvid too.
The DVD aren't out yet which brings me to the point...
I'm not sending them for a bit. I've spent all day today with cards listing scenes from M3 and rearranging them.
Don't watch M3 unless you want to see a rough cut! I'm embaressed by how bad it really turned out. The first half-hour will be redone to play smoother. I think the middle is perfect and the end, while ok, is about as good as I can make it. The beginning is plain jerky and things happen inexplicably. I considered yanking the torrent but I'll re-release 2.0 when it's done. Things are just delayed... again.
Cheers again. I'm happy for the input. There's just so much to the films, I don't think I'll ever be 100% that I've got all of the intricacies perfect. I've developed real respect for the writers. What seems to be overstuffed drivel is actually all watch cogs. It's damn hard to remove one and keep the damn thing ticking.